Dr. Ramon Sanchez, PhD, is Indigenous to the Mayo and Yaqui people of the coastal regions of Sonora and Sinaloa. Dr. Sanchez provides strategic leadership planning for the organization and the tribes it serves, supporting integral sustainable development, innovation, and field knowledge management alongside initiatives for organizational continuous improvement. He also fosters community partnership development, driving change through innovation, education, and workforce training using the best available technological and didactic tools. Previously, Dr. Sanchez held positions as the Director of the Sustainable Technologies and Health Program and Director of Corporate Outreach and Strategy at the Center for Health and the Global Environment at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

With expertise as a Forward Products Engineer specializing in testing new technologies for automotive designs and managing intellectual property and manufacturing systems, Dr. Sanchez brings a wealth of technical experience. Additionally, he shares his knowledge by teaching courses on renewable energy, sustainable business, product design, manufacturing, and supply chain management at the Harvard Division for Continuing Education. His specialties include Energy and Infrastructure Policies, Environmental Management, Biofuels Production, Public Health, and the health effects of automotive technologies. He has led renewable energy projects for many years in Native villages in his homeland, electrifying homes previously without electricity.